($9.99) Purplish color that's nearly a dead ringer for grape juice. Nose of earthy spice and pepper, alcohol (13.5 percent if i recall) and dark fruit, with a hint of roasted meat. Tastes of dark fruit and pepper, with a finish that's cut off short by drying tannins. This wine seems to need a year or two for the tannins to resolve and then this bottle of mostly grenache from old vines will be a very nice drink.

this small producer is a "find" from the folks at my usual wine shop on their trips to france. probably not a lot of cases shipped. just did a quick check on wine searcher and it says sam's wines & spirits in chicago (which is on the web and ships worldwide) has it at $9.49 a bottle. if you have a problem getting some, let me know and i'd be glad to take care of you.

Le Garrigue makes a very fat little bottle of this nearly every vintage and I think you'll find that there is a fair amount of it being shipped to the US but it winds up in places that supported the brand early, like here in Seattle, where everybody and his maiden Aunt carries it for about $7-8 a bottle. It's a great little winery that is now outsourcing some grapes to expand their inventory. Let's all cross our fingers.